"eyewitness news". >> on the heels of the ray rice fallout yet another scandal rocks the nfl. tonight star rupping back adrian peterson charged with abusing his young son and tonight we're seeing pictures and text messages. g evening everyone. i'm natasha brown. jessica is off. >> i'm chris may. well tonight the nfl is definitely moving from one crisis to another. minnesota vikings star oning back adrian peterson faces a charge of child abuse in tech text. peterson accused of beating his own son with a switch. a texas grand jury indicted the six time pro bowl running back accusing him of causing serious injuries to his four year old son during a visit to peterson's home in may. these photographs from a draft at the police report obtained by cbs sports radio 610 in houston purports to cause his injuries. cuts and bruises to his

buttocks, ankles and leg and defensive wounds to his hands. law enforcement tell the staying peterson used a switch look this a part of a tree branch to spank his son. after the boy had pushed a sibling. another police photo captures peterson showing investigators how he pulled it from a tree. the investigation also revealed these text messages set said to be between peterson and the boy's mother. so you will be mad at me about his leg the player wrote. i got kind of good with the tail end of the switch. and later he got about five more pops than normal. he didn't drop one tear. the boy's injuries were discovered later during a doctor's appointment which led to the formal investigation. peterson's lawyer rusty harden says the player has fully cooperated with investigators and regrets what he called a quote unintentional injury. in a statement hardin says in part, adrian is a loving father who used his judgment as parent to discipline his son. he used the same kind of discipline with his child that he experienced as a child

growing up in east texas. >> tonight the vikings organization is taking action following the indictment of its best player. "eyewitness sports" director beasley reece is here now with more on that part of the story. beasley, this is unbelievable really. >> it really is. we know that while minnesota the vikings continue to gather information they have deactivated peterson for this weekend's game against the new england patriots. he will not play on sunday in minneapolis. now, the vikings released the following state saying they are in the process of gathering information rhee regarding the legal situation involving adrian peterson. at this time we will defer further questions to adrian's attorney russ city hardin. as for the commissioner, commissioner roger goodell, is again under the microscope. this time involving one of the biggest names in football. i've have calls in my contacts at the nfl and nfl players association without response. in fact, following the criticism

over the handling of the ray rice suspensions i don't expect any statement out of the nfl or nfl until agreements are made on the proper way to proceed regarding adrian peterson. >> there will not be any quick judgments or they'll try not to make any similar mistakes in this case. >> how quickly things have changed for this league that was on the search avenue very promising season a week ago. it's really amazing. >> so true. >> all right. beasley, see you later in sports. thanks so much. >> thanks, beas. >> it does look like we'll be dealing with rain this weekend. the question is, when and where it's going to happen. meteorologist justin drabick is in for kathy orr tonight. justin, what are we expecting. >> natasha. not the best start to the end but not all day washout tomorrow. in the afternoon we'll see a shot for brief period of rain. it's really pleasant outside. hopefully you enjoyed the nice weather today. lock at these temperatures feeling like fall. you can open up the windows. 50s in many suburb this area. 59 in reading. 62 millville, new jersey,

wilmington still hanging in at 65 degrees this hour. so here we go. dropping into the upper 50s in many spots. mid 50s by the time you wake up in many locations outside the city. even here in philadelphia, low temperature of 60 degrees. very nice for errly september. absolutely no humidity out there enjoy it. we are quiet for now on storm scan3. some high thin sirius clouds strolling on in watch the south. roanoke, virginia, showers breaking out. saturday afternoon best shot to see a period of rain. morning is cloudy and cool. the rain developments during the afternoon could pick up about a quarter of an inch of rain. not a big rain system. instead yesterday rain 33:00 and 8:00 and the komen three day going on. saturday spun degrees. much better on sunday. low 70s with the sunshine. we'll check out that seven day forecast with temperatures staying cool in just few more minutes. natasha? >> thank you, justin. new tonight authorities recover the body avenue man from the delaware river. around 4:15 today, the man

jumped in the water near the 1600 block of south columbus boulevard. now police say the 48 year old was on a pier fishing with his son when he decided to swim to the other side of the pier. there's no word on the victim's identity just yet. and a car slammed through a fence and into a building in camden. the driver was impaled by a pole that went through the windshie windshield. this all happened at seventh and spruce to into the. eyewitnesses also say the car hit two pedestrians but they were not seriousl seriously hur. right now there's no wore on the driver's condition and the cause of this crash is still under investigation. >> a jury hands down a guilty verdict against the woman accused of kidnapping a five year old little girl from school and sexually assaulting her last year. and tonight our walt hunter takes us inside the investigation and get a first-hand look at the evidence that led to a conviction in this case. >> reporter: the mother of a the five year old victim with her attorney left the criminal justice center.

the journey for justice for her daughter now over. her attacker christina rei gust who's had abducted the girl from her west philadelphia school sexually assaulting and a banning her in playground now convicted on all counts. >> i'm very thankful that this monster was found guilty. >> this child is one of the most if not the most remarkable child that i've had the pleasure of coming in contact with. >> prosecutors play the little girl who despite horrifying injuries helped gather evidence including remembering the squash squawking avenue macaw inside the home where she had been blindfolded and imprisoned. >> she was telling us i'm getting really really tired i don't feel good but i really want to help. i don't want to stop. >> reporter: among the evidence, convincing jurors of regusters guilt, a 911 tape obtained by kyw news radio as good samaritans nelson mandela myers who found the victim in app upper darby playground

crying, shivering and wearing only a t-shirt came to her rescue. >> i was walking and all i heard saying help, help, help, somebody help me. >> one of the juror who's asked to remain anonymous says, a dna match with regusters was a major factor. certainly the dna evidence was strong. the strongest factor in our decision. we got the right person and justice will be done. i'm certain the familiar lull have some type of closure. >> i'm going to ask for at the least amount i can get hoping the judge will listen. >> defense attorney fred harrison hopes the judge not to impose the live sentence prosecutors are asking for regusters. while the victim now tries to move forward with her life forever changed. >> there are physical and emotional scars that are there for life and that's why this case was so important. >> reporter: with this verdict in, a second trial is still ahead. the victim and her family suing the philadelphia school district for lacked security that they

claim a loud regusters to abduction the five year old from her classroom. and then carry out this terrible crime. i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thank you very much. oscar pistorius is awaiting sentencing to night. the owe limb pack was convicted today of culpable homicide in the shooting death of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. the judge said there was not enough evidence to find pistorius guilty of premeditated murder but culpable homicide is the equivalent to manslaughter here in the us. pistorius faces up to 15 years in prison but the judge could also decide not to send him to jail at all. >> well the philadelphia housing authority plans to implode a high rise forcing some nearby residents to leave their homes. the queen lane apartments in germantown will be reduced to rubble about eight hours from now. this is 16-story building that is nearly a block wide. it's in a densely populated area with some homes right across the

street. tonight some neighbors tell us they worry what's going to be left behind when the dust settles. >> my front is really bad and -- my asthma is very bad. i know there's going to be lot of dust. >> robinson and 90 other residents live in one block radius and they'll have to evacuate by 6:00 o'clock in the morning. the city has ordered about 400 others living within two block radius to stay inside with their doors and windows closed. the city says it is committed that cleaning up any mess that's left behind by that implosion. and workers at the taj mahal in atlantic city have received notice now that the casino could shut down for good in notify. trump entertainment resorts said it sent the notice to more than 31 head dread employees. the company filed for bankruptcy on tuesday and threatened to close the taj mahal if it didn't get concessions from unions. it pointed to november 13th as a tentative closure date. >> now we have news tonight about one of the doctors

connected to the clinic where joan rivers went into cardiac arrest. the fallout is next. justin. >> we are track something rain to our south on storm scan3 but setting up to so a half/half weekend. i'll time everything out for you in the full forecast coming up. >> justin, state college may be called happy valley. but does it live up to its name we'll tell was lists the town is topping tonight. >> and here we go. week number two of the friday football frenzy! see if your team made tonight's cut. that's coming up and "eyewitness news".

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>> back now on "eyewitness news" with very dramatic images here from ice land. the barter volcano continues to erupt much it's been going strong like this since august the 31st. fortunately the eruption is in a remote area away from homes and people. the volcano is spewing a lot of sulfur dioxide into the air which cause respiratory proble problems. >> there are new developments tonight in the joan rivers death investigation. the medical director of the upper east side clinic where the comedian went into cardiac arrest no longer works there.

cling spokesperson did not elaborate on the circumstances. the 81 year old rivers died on september 4th a week after going into cardiac arrest during a routine endoscopy. the state health department has said it's investigating the whole matter. >> the mayor of toronto rob ford has dropped his bad for re-election today. he is being treated for tumor in his ab. it's unclear receipt now if the tumor is malignant. the dramatic end to the campaign comes following a stint in rehab and calls for ford to quit among both drug and alcohol scandals. for now ford says he plans to seek a seat to the oh city council in a town near toronto. he asked his brother dug to run in his place for toronto mayor. >> new at 11:00 o'clock night, a special honor for a 14 year old who's fighting cancer. >> he got his wish, a break from treatment and a most memorable trip to football game at his high school. freshman michael shelly led the marple newtown if the ball team

out for their home opener tonight. michael is battling non hodgkin's lymphoma he was diagnosed just about a month ago. he says the support of the team and the student body makes all the difference. >> it helps a lot. i mean they support -- my team supports me the whole time and i can't wait to get back on the field next year. >> mike still has months of chemo ahead of him and we wish him the very best. >> yes, we do. >> meantime more than a thus sand people taking a step toward finding a cure for breast cancer this weekend. "eyewitness news" in willow grove where 1300 people began their journey in the susan g. komen three day to raise breast cancer awardness. many all deck out in pink will walk 60 miles to the navy yard in south philadelphia. the event is in its tenth year and raised more than $54 million. >> apparently it's called happy valley for a reason. the tiny town of state college, pa, top the list of the happiest

small towns in america. state college, of course, surrounds penn state's university park campus. these rankings were made boy a real estate company based on several factors include stress factors and personal safety. the towns on the list had a population between 40 and 61,0 61,000. east lansing michigan home to michigan state university came in second. >> really is pleasant night still out there tonight. you know just want to do hang out the sky deck, justin. >> i know. this weather is making everybody happy. nice to keep it going for the weekend. not so much tomorrow. not the worse day but but dealing with a little bit of rain through the afternoon into the early evening hours. not an all day washout certainly the second half the weekend looks better. beautiful condition outside right now. calendar still says summer but it's feeling a little bet more like fall. taking a live look at center city and we do have high clouds that are moving on through. but no threat of any rain

overnight. you can open up the windows enjoy the refreshing air mass. temperatures in the 50s and 60s this hour even the 40s in the mountains check the out 49 degrees the official number right now in mount pocono. if you have a trip to the poconos this weekend, get ready for some cool weather. 59 in reading. 57 lancaster. lower 60s still in south jersey and the capital city of delaware still hanging on to 66. compare these temperatures to this time yesterday. how about it? from about 11 to 18 degrees cooler. we got rid of that cold front that moved offshore pushed out all that heat and humidity. no summer like weather coming up in our forecast for the neck seven days. clouds streaming in from the south and we have overnight. ing see pretty quiet over the delaware valley. showers breaking out across western north carolina, southern virginia that will be headed our way. looks like tomorrow afternoon mid to late afternoon we'll see a brief period of rain. and again those clouds and showers keep the temperatures down. highs tomorrow only in the low 70's but a fast-moving system. we're back to sunny skies on

sunday. a split weekend. sunshine, temperatures in the low 70s beautiful conditions to finish off the upcoming weekend. 70s on monday as well so still we're below average star the temperatures and the reason is that the jet stream starting to get hints of fall. that jet starting to move south brings in that cooler air from canada watch what happens for the second half of next week it dives even farther south. so even colder air starts to build in starting wednesday, thursday and friday. temperatures well below average. here's that pocono forecast watch out for the showers around tomorrow. it will be cloudy high temperature only 60 degrees. much better sunday. mostly sunny. 65 and we're up to 67 on monday afternoon under partly sunny skies. tropics typically active this time of 84 when the height of the season tropical storm edward over the central atlantic ocean expected that romaine over open water cos become a category one hurricane on sunday bring higher waves to you are beaches next week. saturday morning we're dry. not a bad star at the day. clouds maybe a little bit of sun

but here we go. mid to late afternoon -- hours rain starts to breck out continue into the evening hours as well. by 10, 11:00 o'clockffshore. improving conditions saturday night. sunday, beautiful clear skies. lots of sunshine. here's the forecast overnight. it's cool, 94 asking for center city increasing clouds, 50's in the suburbs. afternoon wane on saturday still cool with a high of 71 degrees. not the best day at the jersey shore a lot of clouds, best chance to see the showers will be late afternoon into the evening. here's the extended forecast. looking good for sunday and monday. lower 70s. upper 70s monday. some showers possible tuesday morning. then wednesday, thursday, friday next week sunshine we highs only in the low to mid 70's. >> very pleasant. >> follow the fall weather. >> it's friday night. it's about that time. we'll turn things over to beasley reece. >> and the friday football frenzy!

>> b-e-a -- it's time for the friday football frenzy. take it away, beasley! >> all right. a special thanks to the garnett valley cheerleaders for that introduction. did we get to your town, your team, your kids on tv? it's time to get the frenzy started. garnet valley head coach mike ricky sets the scene for our game of the week. >> the opportunity to play in a game in september that means something is awesome opportunity. we have an opportunity tonight we've done all the work during the summer. we've done all the work during the season. we've done all the work during the off season. so when we get to game like this, all right, the game of the county get a chance to play against a storied program like ridley, we get a chance to go out and showcase what garnet valley football is all about. >> it brings back memories and the biggest game in delaware

county ridley visiting garnet valley. garnet valley getting on the board first. the long to jacob butter more and he's gone. nice and smooth and easy. i watched him warmup. now it's garnet valley again. remember this kid' name derek west. he smooths in for the td. ridley was not going to go down without a fight. they never do. jake, garnet val al winner 21-14. >> overbrook taking object dobbin. turning the corner, baker with the td overbrook a winner 20 20-zero. >> mlk at lincoln. nasir boy ken rolls out and finds mark mc ray. they connect for the long touchdown. mlk a winner 39-zero. >> strawberry mansion at kensington and watch jameer with the nice touch to louis grassy

annie. great reach and catch. kensington winner thrive-six. wherever to jersey we go. washington township visiting cherokee. opening kick off. a fine in the nfl. that's a fine. these kids still play if the ball in high school, though. the ball comes loose and then old db look myself, i get -- i miss it. cherokee won the game 27-seven. >> pal my rah at maple shade. max going team for tony perkins and perkins with nice grab in the end zone. palmyra won 52-20. let's go to prep charter taking on interboro. it's a high snap. watch this. but it won't matter. he has the right way to the end zone. prep charter won it 39-20. >> truman visiting cardinal o'hara. and quarterback mark lopez simply being greedy. he keeps it for himself. go, son, go.

get him! no. no! truman a winner 27-14. monsignor bonner taking on palumbo. this is a great read by a defense save back. jackson with the pick. get him! 65 yards to the house. bonner a win are in 41-zero. upper perkiomen at pottsgrove and pottsgrove he have. finds michael for the when they're bow leg its tough to do. he's bobo leg. you can't mess with them when their bow leg. pottsgrove won 42-sick. >> finally on this night methacton at boyertown and it's just another quarterback, connor derek son takes the hand off and takes it more himself.

methacton won the game 25-seven. >> waying to young anklets. we turn pro neck. >> the phillies host the marlins and i have the drama conclusion. the eagles prepare to stop andrew luck and the coach. you'll hear chip kelly's

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>> just 16 games left for the phillies. tonight they started three game series again the marlins. here we go. game tied in the tenth. codey asche took care of that. everybody go home. codey with his first career walk off homerun and the phillies beat the marlins three to one. eagles have another practice tomorrow. then a walk through on sunday to get ready to face the colts on monday night football.

of course, the game will pitt two of the top rated young quarterback in the game nick foles and andrew luck. luck has a slight advance at this point in my view. like nick inform fl is banging on andrew leading the next generation of scar qb's. chris kelly has been impressed with luck since facing him in college. >> he can do it all. i think the more experience he gets i think he's got most come backs for a quarterback in the first two years in the league in the fourth quarter. i don't think there's anything you can throw at him that is going to say he's never seen it. >> nfl players association approved new drug p.m. see which should take effect this season. the league will test for hgh or human growth hormone and few players will test positive for marijuana because there's a new threshold for how much of the drug is in your system. under the new policy some players who are serving suspensions may be able to return to the feel. we'll be right back.

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